Age Contact Unit 3 Quiz Review

Which explorer is not from Spain?

• La Salle

• Coronado

• Pineda

• Narvaez

France and one other country were key for the exploration of Texas, what other country was involved?

• Spain

• England

• China

• United States of America

In Texas History, why is the year 1519 important?

• La Salle discovered the American Indian

• Coronado made his way through the coastal plains

• Pineda mapped the Texas coast

• Texas won it's independence

After contact, many American Indians began to mysteriously die. What was the cause?

• Unknown diseases

• Starvation

• War with England

• War with other tribes

Explain the meaning of "the era of the age of contact"

• This was how old Pineda was when he mapped the Texas coast.

• When France and Spain first touched land

• The contact between European explorers and the American Indian

• This marks the beginning of modern civilization of Texas

What is someone called that is a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land throughout America?

• Conqueror

• Warrior

• Vaquerro

• Conquistador

Explorer

• a person who explores an unfamiliar area
• to find a way through a body of water
• an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
• a crude fort

Conquistador 

• a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
• a person who explores an unfamiliar area
• to find a way through a body of water
• an official who rules in the name of the king or queen

Colony

• a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
• a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
• a person who explores an unfamiliar area
• to find a way through a body of water

Raw Materials

• materials used to manufacture other products
• the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe
• a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
• a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain